Wednesday, October 28, 1914

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Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #192Time not recorded
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The disaster of wh. I wrote to you in veiled language yesterday was the sinking of the Audacious . . . We resolved not to make public the loss at this moment. . . . Winston's real trouble however is about Prince Louis & the succession to his post.

Asquith details the sinking of the Audacious, the Cabinet discussion on secrecy, and the difficult change of command at the Admiralty involving Prince Louis and Fisher.

Mentioned:Winston Churchill • Prince Louis of Battenberg • Prince Maurice of Battenberg • Fisher • Stamfordham • Sir Arthur Wilson • Kitchener • Lloyd George • Sir Henry Jackson • Hedworth Meux

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration4/10
Political Unburdening9/10
Emotional Desolation2/10

Thematic Tags

Sinking of AudaciousCabinet secrecyPrince Louis resignationFisher appointmentWelsh recruiting row
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYCabinet meeting. seeing Churchill.
Venetia Stanley
Londonⓘ

Official Register

1914-10-28

Top News

Daily Edition

The German cruiser *Emden* sinks the Russian cruiser *Zhemchug* and a French destroyer in the Battle of Penang,. Turkish Bedouins invade the Sinai Peninsula and the Turkish fleet bombards Russian Black Sea ports,. Rebellion breaks out in the Northern Orange Free State and Western Transvaal led by Generals De Wet and Beyers.

Cabinet Council

MEETING
>>Ref: War CouncilTopics: Sinking of the 'Audacious', Secrecy regarding the loss, Kitchener's complaints about French and Russian silence

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Margot Asquith
Margot Asquith

"Henry told me that Lloyd George and K. had had a regular row at the cabinet—‘most unpleasant’. It was over giving the Colours [to] and indeed setting up the Irish and Welsh Battalions"

Lord Riddell
Lord Riddell

"Robertson, Nicoll, L. G., McKenna, and Masterman to dinner. ... He told me that he had had an argument with Kitchener regarding the recruiting arrangements in connection with the Welsh Army Corps"